Showing posts with label snake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snake. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Wordless Wednesday: My Son Caught a "Snake!"
Last week, I went to a local park with my Cupcakes and while I was strolling the baby, they rode their bikes through a trail to get to the park. I spotted a black racer snake on the side of the trail and my son informed me that they are harmless. My son then went to investigate and caught what looks like a snake, but is a legless lizard. He knew right away that it was an Eastern Glass Legless Lizard. Here are a few pictures I took with my phone:
Here is a video I took with my phone and on it you can hear me asking again and again and again "What is it? Are you sure it's not a snake?" and then you can hear my sissy squeals :) Uggh! But, I love my son's love for nature, adventure and God's creatures :)
Friday, July 8, 2011
Oh My! Live SSSSSnake Feedings at Local SSSSSerpentarium!
We saw these beautiful birds as we entered the building.
Python
Giant Anacondas live in South America and is the largest snake in the world, reaching a max length of 25 feet!
Nile Monitor Lizard
There is information about each creature as pictured below. If the snakes are venomous then it will have red skull graphics as in the right corner in photo below to tell the reader just how venomous the snakes are with 5 skulls being the most venomous. So the Western Green Mamba is 5 skulls and its venom is neurotoxic. The bite can be painless and victims often don't know they have been bitten until they have terrifying symptoms including fatal respiratory paralysis! Yikes!
The Western Green Mamba is found in West Africa.
King Cobra striking a pose at the glass
My son engaging in a staring contest with the King Cobra. On a previous trip to this serpentarium, the King Cobra actually struck at the glass and made my son jump, needless to say! But, my son was determined to stare one down again! Boys!
In the photo below the man on the left side of the photo has a metal claw with a dead white rat at the end and he is trying to entice this Puff Adder to eat it, but this snake was not hungry so the cage is closed and we were off to see the next feeding.
Here's a Bushmaster (very venomous), with a rat's tail hanging out of it's mouth. Yummy! :)
Then it was time to feed the reticulated pythons that wrap their prey and strangle them. On the menu today is this big (already dead) hare. You can see the head of the snake between the logs.
The snake grabs hold and snatches the hare from the worker's hand.
Going...
Gone!
Below is a Siamese Crocodile that lives in Southeast Asia. These crocodiles are endangered or extinct through most if their range. This big guy snatched 3 whole raw chickens for its meal. In the top photo a long pole with a claw at the end is holding the chicken in the air.
Dinner is served!
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Nile Monitor Lizard
The Western Green Mamba is found in West Africa.
King Cobra striking a pose at the glass
My son engaging in a staring contest with the King Cobra. On a previous trip to this serpentarium, the King Cobra actually struck at the glass and made my son jump, needless to say! But, my son was determined to stare one down again! Boys!
Each Saturday and Sunday afternoon the serpentarium feeds their slithery and slimy friends and crocodiles and we were there this past Saturday afternoon to witness how they are fed! Yuck-O, but Cool-O all at the same time!
So the workers set up wire gates around the snakes' cages and we stood behind the gates, of course! Here is a gate that we are behind with the worker in the green shirt inside the gate trying to feed a King Cobra. The guy said this is the worst snake to feed because King Cobra's are known to chase after victims. The man in the photo is feeding the snake with the glass cover open as he tries to get the snake to grab his dinner. King Cobra's only eat other snakes so they fool them by putting a drop of snake's blood on turkey meat to make the snake think they are eating another snake.
In the photo below the man on the left side of the photo has a metal claw with a dead white rat at the end and he is trying to entice this Puff Adder to eat it, but this snake was not hungry so the cage is closed and we were off to see the next feeding.
This cobra was hungry and snatched the white rat. Lovely isn't? :)
Here's a Bushmaster (very venomous), with a rat's tail hanging out of it's mouth. Yummy! :)
Then it was time to feed the reticulated pythons that wrap their prey and strangle them. On the menu today is this big (already dead) hare. You can see the head of the snake between the logs.
The snake grabs hold and snatches the hare from the worker's hand.
This is a Saltwater Crocodile that lives in Southeast Asia, Northern Australia. This crocodile is lovingly named "Bubble-Boy" and was fed raw chicken, but the presenter said that these crocks munch on people too and they have found jewelry in this type of crock dating back to the 1940s!
Going...
Going...
Gone!
Below is a Siamese Crocodile that lives in Southeast Asia. These crocodiles are endangered or extinct through most if their range. This big guy snatched 3 whole raw chickens for its meal. In the top photo a long pole with a claw at the end is holding the chicken in the air.
Dinner is served!
I'm linking this post to Anna-Marie's Field Trip Blog Hop!
Come join NOBH! Click button below for details and fun!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
SUPER Sleepy, SUPER Snake, and SUPER Savings !!!
SUPER Sleepy...
SUPER Snake...
Last week my son was in the woods with some of his friends and he came running into our house shouting, "We caught a snake Mom!" Yep, my son and his friends somehow managed to capture a garden snake and they played with it for two days! The neighborhood kids were all so very excited and my son was oh so very disappointed that we couldn't keep it as a pet!
Here are my kids holding the snake:
My kids put the snake on our butterfly bush in our garden and it stayed there overnight and it was found on the bush the next morning! More excitement for my children! Can you find the snake? (Look in middle of the photo to see his black eye)
SUPER Savings...
Starting today, Wednesday, May 18, NC Harris Teeters are having TRIPLE coupons! Since I live in NC, I'm getting my 99 cent coupons or less ready for the sales. I am new to couponing and I'm excited to find some deals.
What is triple coupons?
All coupons 99¢ or less will be tripled in value, up to 20 coupons per day per VIC card.
I've been visiting Delly's Deals, my friend's coupon blog, to give me tips and tricks of saving money with couponing and I also log onto Southern Savers site to find a list of deals and printable coupons! I'll have to post any savings I find this week after tripling my coupons. I hope to save as much as I did HERE.
I'll be SUPER busy the rest of this week...
About 30 children from our homeschool group will be coming over to my house to see a puppet show with a retired teacher giving the show, my daughter's 11th birthday party is coming up at the end of this week, my son's Boy Scout graduation ceremony, running a 5K race with my daughter on Saturday morning, my husband and I will be giving a presentation to engaged couples about Natural Family Planning, and then one of my children will be attending a friend's birthday party over the weekend!
So I don't know when I'll get back to blog land to make another post, but when I do, I'll have lots to share...
SUPER Snake...
Last week my son was in the woods with some of his friends and he came running into our house shouting, "We caught a snake Mom!" Yep, my son and his friends somehow managed to capture a garden snake and they played with it for two days! The neighborhood kids were all so very excited and my son was oh so very disappointed that we couldn't keep it as a pet!
Here are my kids holding the snake:
My kids put the snake on our butterfly bush in our garden and it stayed there overnight and it was found on the bush the next morning! More excitement for my children! Can you find the snake? (Look in middle of the photo to see his black eye)
SUPER Savings...
What is triple coupons?
All coupons 99¢ or less will be tripled in value, up to 20 coupons per day per VIC card.
I've been visiting Delly's Deals, my friend's coupon blog, to give me tips and tricks of saving money with couponing and I also log onto Southern Savers site to find a list of deals and printable coupons! I'll have to post any savings I find this week after tripling my coupons. I hope to save as much as I did HERE.
I'll be SUPER busy the rest of this week...
About 30 children from our homeschool group will be coming over to my house to see a puppet show with a retired teacher giving the show, my daughter's 11th birthday party is coming up at the end of this week, my son's Boy Scout graduation ceremony, running a 5K race with my daughter on Saturday morning, my husband and I will be giving a presentation to engaged couples about Natural Family Planning, and then one of my children will be attending a friend's birthday party over the weekend!
So I don't know when I'll get back to blog land to make another post, but when I do, I'll have lots to share...
Please join Lynda, Anna-Marie, and myself at No Ordinary Blog Hop (NOBH). Click button below for details and to read and follow some great blog posts that have already linked up!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Snake Cake
Happy 5th Birthday Cupcake #2! October 2006
I can't remember how I made this cake exactly. I assume I got my inspiration from Family Fun again, but I don't know if I used a Bundt cake pan as suggested in the Family Fun recipe or something else. I guess this is why I started this blog...so I will remember how I make the cakes when I am trying to remember several years later! Luke's birthday is in the fall, so candy corn was a perfect decoration for our snake complete with candy corn fangs and a fruit roll-up tongue.
I also made the cupcakes and iced them with icing that I dyed green and placed a plastic snake on top of each cupcake. SssssssssssUPER fun and yummy!
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